# ソ — katakana “so”

ソ is the katakana character for the sound “so”. It is written with 2 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is そ.

- Reading: so
- Strokes: 2
- Hiragana: そ

## Don't confuse it with

ン · ツ

## Words with ソ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ソース | soosu | sauce |
| ソフト | sofuto | soft |
| ソフトウェア | sofutowea | software |
| ソーセージ | sooseeji | sausage |
| ガソリン | gasorin | gasoline |
| パソコン | pasokon | personal computer |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/katakana-chart/so/. Last updated 2026-11-01.